Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing
countries. However, some groups within these states are distinctly more effective and public …

World polity research argues that modern states are shaped by embeddedness in a network
of international organizations, and yet the structure of that network is rarely examined. This is …

In 2008 Ireland experienced one of the most dramatic economic crises of any economy in
the world. It remains at the heart of the international crisis, sitting uneasily between the US …

This paper reviews recent research on the political economy of monetary policy-making,
both by economists and political scientists. The traditional argument for central bank …

Over the past decades, the ability of liberal democracies around the world to translate
popular views into public policy has declined. This is a result of two major developments …

This article argues that the international financial consequences of immigration exert a
substantial influence on the choice of exchange rate regimes in the developing world. Over …

We examine the antecedents and consequences in developing countries of creating a
national stock exchange, a core technology of financial globalization. We study local …

This article reviews recent contributions addressing the following questions: Under what
circumstances is monetary policy delegated to politically independent central banks? What …

The current crisis of neoliberalism is calling into question the relevance of key international
institutions. We analyze the origins, nature, and possible impacts of the crisis through …

This chapter is concerned with the economic and political connections between the
institutionalization of central bank dominance and the rise and resilience of shadow …